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The regulatory body for the European Union has proposed stricter disclosure requirements on providers of exchange traded funds (ETFs), but has backed away from imposing more radical reforms on the sector.

The government has rejected calls to block bonuses for top earners at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).

Charles Stanley has appointed product aggregator All My Plans (AMP) to assist in the launch of a direct-to-consumer (D2C) platform later this year.

Bright Grey paid out 91% of critical illness (CI) claims in the last six months of 2011.

Mental health claims are growing and now make up a third of all those received on group income protection (GIP) policies, according to Legal & General.

Workplace stress has reached a four-year high with British workers being the most stressed compared to colleagues in some of the world's biggest economies, a new report has found.

SIPP and SSAS provider Dentons has launched a new self invested pension with a reduced establishment fee and fixed charging structure.

Jersey plans to make further inroads into the alternative funds sector with the introduction of its 'fast track' Private Placement Fund.

IFA consolidator Perspective Financial Group has acquired Gateshead-based adviser Vivienne Shepherd, and plans to integrate the practice into one of its existing Newcastle businesses, Rutherford Wilkinson.

Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has signed a protocol agreement with the US' Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) which signals a closer working relationship between the two countries.